Author Archives: Edward Dunne

About Edward Dunne

I am the Executive Editor of Mathematical Reviews. Previously, I was an editor for the AMS Book Program for 17 years. Before working for the AMS, I had an academic career working at Rice University, Oxford University, and Oklahoma State University. In 1990-91, I worked for Springer-Verlag in Heidelberg. My Ph.D. is from Harvard. I received a world-class liberal arts education as an undergraduate at Santa Clara University.

Job Postings – Associate Editor at Mathematical Reviews

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Edward Dunne

We are hiring!   We have three Associate Editor positions opening up for 2019.  We are looking for one new Associate Editor to start as soon as possible in 2019 and two new Associate Editors to start in late spring or summer … Continue reading →

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Break on Through

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Edward Dunne

The winners of the 2019 Breakthrough Prizes have been announced.  There are six recipients in mathematics: Vincent Lafforgue, Chenyang Xu, Karim Adiprasito, June Huh, Kaisa Matomäki, and Maksym Radziwill.   The laureates will receive their awards during a live televised ceremony on Sunday, November 4.   

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Open House at Mathematical Reviews – October 20, 2018

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Edward Dunne

Mathematical Reviews is hosting an Open House as part of the AMS Fall Central Sectional Meeting at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.   The open house will take place Saturday, October 20 from 12:30 to 2:00pm at the Mathematical … Continue reading →

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What’s the difference between publications and related publications?

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Edward Dunne

In an author profile on MathSciNet, you will often see two numbers for publications:  Total Publications and Total Related Publications.  What’s the difference?  

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Mathematical Reviews at ICM 2018

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Edward Dunne

The AMS and Mathematical Reviews will be at the ICM in Rio de Janeiro, August 1-9, 2018.  Mathematicians will be coming from all of the world for nine days of some of the best mathematics of today.  It will be … Continue reading →

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Masaki Kashiwara awarded 2018 Kyoto Prize

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Edward Dunne

Masaki Kashiwara has been awarded the 2018 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences. 

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INSPIRE links to MathSciNet

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Edward Dunne

INSPIRE, the information system for high energy physics run by CERN, DESY, Fermilab, SLAC, and IHEP, now has links to the MathSciNet entries for over 86,000 papers in their database.  The linking is only one way (INSPIRE ⇒ MathSciNet). Thanks are … Continue reading →

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Happy 119th Birthday, Otto Neugebauer

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Edward Dunne

Every year on or around Otto Neugebauer’s birthday (May 26),  Mathematical Reviews has a little birthday party for him, the founder of Mathematical Reviews.  I like it because it is a chance to remind ourselves that our founder did not give … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Carl Friedrich Gauß

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Edward Dunne

Google is honoring Carl Friedrich Gauss today (April 30, 2018) with a Google Doodle, in honor of his birthday.  Although Mathematical Reviews didn’t start until 1940, or 84 years after Gauss had died, he has an author profile in MathSciNet and … Continue reading →

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Robert P. Langlands receives the Abel Prize

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Edward Dunne

Robert Langlands has been awarded the Abel Prize for 2018.  His work known as the Langlands Program is widely reported on in the news items for the prize, and justifiably so.   On a very deep level, the program relates number … Continue reading →

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